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Bloodletting ... not for the faint-hearted...

1/14/2016

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Bloodletting (or blood-letting) is the withdrawal of blood from a patient to cure or prevent illness and disease. Bloodletting was based on an ancient system of medicine in which blood and other bodily fluids were regarded as "humors" that had to remain in proper balance to maintain health.

For me... one of the greatest gifts art has given me is my voice.  I am able to express with art far more than I am able to say with words.... I have more courage with art.

This image has been on my mind for a while.... perhaps because I have felt somewhat low lately.  I realize, that I feel things intensely....joy, pain, love, grief ..... and sometimes the sadder emotions overwhelm me.  When this happens I will turn to my sketch book and safely explore the darker corners of my mind.  Sketching allows me to explore.... without fear.

This image is of a deep cut, that is bleeding out pain...the pain drips down through the cloud to be safely explored by the small hand reaching out to examine a single drop.  I can't explain it completely, but this image gives me peace, and calm.  It opens the pain up to examination.

It is a scary thing for me to share these kind of thoughts...but I don't think I am alone.  I think that emotions come and go and sketching, for me, is a good way to examine them for a time, and then 
release them...... kind of like breathing them in and then out.

​Ah.... life is always interesting.  :)

  

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9/16/2018 10:19:05 pm

I was exposed to bloodletting event when I was still a college student. Though there were several events that were here held in my University aiming to help those people who are in need of blood, I did not participate just because of my fear. There were numerous thoughts running on my mind that time. I just missed the chance to help and I regret the fact that I was not able to do it! But I am more determined this time. I wouldn't let the chance slip by me be. I will also encourage my friends to join me in blood donation event!

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